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About this course

CHAPTER SUMMARY:

Battery service safety considerations and symptoms of a weak or defective battery

Battery maintenance, battery voltage test, and hydrometer testing 

Battery load testing, electronic conductive testing, battery charging, and battery charge time

 Jump starting, battery electrical drain test, and maintaining electronic memory functions 

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OBJECTIVES: 

List the precautions for working with batteries

List the symptoms of a weak or defective battery

Describe how to inspect and clean terminals and hold-downs.

Discuss how to test batteries for open-circuit voltage and specific gravity.

 Describe how to perform a battery load test and a conductance test. 

Explain how to safely charge or jump-start a battery. 

Discuss how to perform a battery drain test. 

Describe how to prevent loss of memory functions and reinitialize memory functions.